Ticket-holder, pay-envelop, and the like.



'1. F. SHERLOCK.

TICKET HOLDER, PAY ENVELOP, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5,19l7.

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JOHN F. SHERLOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'I'OCI-IARLES I1. OREILLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TICKET-HOLDER, PAY-ENVELOP, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed February 5, 1917. Serial No. 146,739.

velop, or an envelop adapted to accompany goods and to contain the bill,as when goods are sent to a customer 0. O. D.

The prime object of the invention is to provide an envelop which can bemanufactured ata minimum cost and of such construction that while beingin every way as efficient as the device of this character now in use, itcan be also utilized to carry printed advertisements, coupons, and otherdata of interest to the employee receiving a pay envelop, or thepurchaser to whom goods have been sold.

' The device may also be'conveniently used as a ticket holder fortheater, transportation or' other tickets or coupons.

- Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles,constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicated in-the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which forms apart of this specification:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view from which the holder or envelop isformed.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the device when theblank has been folded to the commercialform.

Fig. 3 is aview in elevation, of'the completed device. a 1 Fig. 4 is adiagrammatic view of a slightly different embodiment of theinvention.

Fig. 5 is ,averticalsectional view of the embodiment shown in Fig.4,when the blank has been folded to the commercial form.

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the embodiment of my inventiondisclosed in Fig. 4.

Similar reference characters refer to simipart 2 along the line 10,which is preferably weakened for a purpose which will be hereinafterpointed out. The part 4 is cutaway as at 11.

In forming the envelop from the blank A, the flaps 7 and 8 of the part 5are folded over upon the part 5 and then the part 5 is folded overupon-the part 4 upon the line 12. The flaps 7 and 8 are then pastedalong the edges 13 and 14 ofthe part 4, so that an envelop is formedbythe parts 4 and 5, having three sidesclosed and the edges of thisenvelop which are formed by pasting the flaps 7 and 8 to the'part 4, arestrengthened by the double thickness of material at these points. Itwill be noted that it is the rear surface of the flaps 7 and 8 that arepasted to the edges 13 and 14 respectively of the part 4.

When this operation has been accomplished, it will be noted that theflaps 6 can be doubled over the outer end of the part 4 so as to providea closing member for said envelop. The flap 6, if desired, may begummed. as at 15, so that the envelop can be completely closed, which isdesirable, of course, when the device is used as a pay envelop. Thecutaway portion 11 of the part 4 facilitates the insertion of money. orany other object, into the envelop.

The parts 1 and 3 of the blank are then a 'When this has been done, thenext opera- I tion is to fold the device along the lines 14 and 17,which completes the operation of forming the holder, leaving the flap 9to be folded over the device, as shown inFig. 3.

The embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. 4. is of precisely the sameconstruction as that shown in Fig. 1, except that the cutaway portion 18is of a different shape than that as shown at 11 in Fig. 1, and the flapcorresponding to the flap 6 has been omitted. The device when foldedtakes the appearance of Fig. 6. It will be noted that this embodiment ofthe invention is particularly adapted for l10lding tickets, inasmuch asthe cutaway portion 18 enlarges theopening. of

the envelop. If desired, a flap such as 6 shown in the embodiment ofFig. 1, may be provided to close the open end of this envelop.

The flap 9, which is preferably joined to the part 2 by a weakened line,may be utilized as a receipt coupon, as when the device is employed as acontainer for a bill, that is, when the goods are delivered therecipient can sign the receipt, provided: upon this flap, and thecarrier can return this to the person from whom the goods werepurchased.

Both sides of the parts 1, 2 and 3 may be utilized for the purposes ofcarrying advertising matter, and the rear surface of the parts 4 and 5can be similarly used. Thus when the envelop is used as a pay envelop,

' the employer may print upon any one of these spaces variousinstructions .to his employees, orthe name of a savings bank may beprinted thereon, calling the attention of the employee to an institutionwhere his savings may be deposited. 7

When the device is used by concerns selling merchandise variousadvertisements may be printed upon the blank spaces provided upon thedevice, thereby bringing the purchaser into intimate contact with theadvertisement to which it is desired to direct his attention.

VV'hil'e I have described the part 5 as having its edges secured to thepart i when they 1 lie in superimposed relation to form the envelop, itis obvious that for some purposes it will not be necessary to so fastenthem together, because when the device is in such a position a completepocket is formed with out any fastening means whatever being providedbetween aforesaid parts.

Having thusdescribed my invention what I cljaim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: I

1 A device of the class described, compri'singa blank having a partadapted to be folded over on another part of said blank and to be pastedthereto on two of its marginal edges to form a pocket having three sidesclosed, said part that is folded over being provided with a flap and thepart which the first named part is folded upon having a cutaway portion,said blank having other parts of" dimensions equal to that of the partsproviding the envelop adapted to fold upon themselves and one of saidparts being provided with a closing flap.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a blank formed of fourrectangular parts and having a fifth rectangular part joined to one ofsaid parts, said last named part being adapted to be folded over uponone of said last named parts and pasted thereto along two of itsmarginal edges to form an envelop having threesides closed, and saidlast named part being provided with a closing flap for said envelop, theother rectangular parts of said blank being so folded upon themselves asto reduce the size of the blank to that of the envelop.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a blank formed of fourrectangular parts, one of said parts having a cutaway portion, a fifthrectangular part joined to said last mentioned parts and having a flap,said last two mentioned parts. being folded upon each other and joinedtogether along their edges tov form an envelop having three sidesclosed, the remaining parts being folded upon. themselves. and upon saidenvelop portion.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a blank formed of fourrectangular parts, oneof said parts having a cutaway portion, a fifthrectangular part joined to said last mentioned part and having. afl'a-p,said last two parts being folded upon each other and joined together soas to formi an envelop having three sides closed, the remainingrectangular parts being folded upon themselves and upon said envelop,and one of said remaining parts being provided with a flap joined to itby a weakened line.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a blank formed of fourrectangular parts, and having a fifth laterally disposed rectangularpart joined to one of said first mentioned parts, said laterallydisposed part being adapted to be folded over the part to which it isattached and cemented thereto along two of its marginal edges to form anenvelop having: three sides closed, said laterally disposed part being zirovided with a flja-p and the part to which-it is attached beingprovided with a cutaway portion, and the remaining rectangular portionsbeing adapt ed to be folded upon themselves and superimposed upon saidenvelop portion and one of said remaining parts being provided with aflap which is adapted toextend partially about said envelop portion. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. v JOHN F. SHERIEAOGK;

Witnesses:

Lou s BRANDWEIN, EMMA WEINBERG.

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